Cork-extractor.



G. M. KING. GQRK EXTRAUTOR. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 18, 1903.

WITNESSES I INVENTOR C'hduhce7 (777132119 Patentd Jan. 26; 1909.

I w I ATTORNEYS CHAUNCEY M. KING, OF DERBY, CONNECTICUT.

CORK-EXTR-ACTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 26, 1909.

Application filed March 18, 1908. Serial No. 422,154.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHAuNcEY M. KING, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Derby, in the county of New Haven and Stateof Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cork-Extractors, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to cork extractors, and comprises a hand instrument by means of which ordinary cork stoppers, such as are commonly used in liquor and other commercial bottles may be easily and quickly removed.

It is the purpose of the invention to produce a simple and eflicient device whereby ordinary cork stoppers may be conveniently extracted without fracturing the same; to construct the extractor in a simple, durable and inexpensive manner so as to insure of its being successfully manufactured and sold.

As designed, the device is preferable to the popular styles of cork screws both from a manufacturing and operating stand point, since in the first place it canbe made cheaper and in the second place will remove a cork more satisfactorily.

The extractor is referably made of wire and is swaged and bent to proper form and may be constructed from one ,or two pieces as desired. The larger'sizes would perhaps better be made of two C1parts, while those for very small corks woul piece.

Upon the accompanying sheet of drawings forming a part of this specification similar characters of reference denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several figures, and of WhlCh,

Figure 1, shows a perspective view of my invention, a plied to a cork contained in the mouth of a fiottle as in the act of removing a stopper. Fig. 2, is a detached side elevation of the extractor shown in Fig. 1.-

Referring in detail to the characters of reference marked upon the drawings, A indicates the handle portion, BB the shanks which are formed integral with the handle and are crossed side by side so as to abut against each other. These shank portions. are extended and bent to form the converging curved fingers CC which are normally be made of but one.

spaced apart slightly and made adjustable with relation to each other by reason of the flexibility of the upper ortion D of the handle, or by reason of the hinged joint E formed in the central part of the upper portion of handle as seen.

The extractor is shown formed of two arts which are alike in construction and 'nged together by means of a suitable rivet which is passed through holes formed in the flattened end portions of the respective parts.

In practice an operation of the instrument is effected by first opening or extending the fingers until these points are suflici'ently distanced to en age the op osite top portions of the cork w llereupon t e fingers are forced down into the cork. By reason of the peculiar curved formation of the fingers, the ends thereof are deflected inward and extend toward the lower central ortion of the cork so as to form a good an sufiicient hold thereon to insure first the turning of the cork within the mouth of the bottle and then its withdrawal. Owing to the shanks B B of the extractor being crossed as shown, any pressure upon the handle tending to turn it to the right will cause the two shanks to fetch up tightly against each other and then draw t e finger points toward each other, thus tightly grasping the cork and turning the same to loosen it whereupon it may easily be withdrawn.

Having thus described my invention what Iclaim and desire to claim by Letters'Patent is I A cork extractor of the class described, the same com rising two wires having their upper ends hlnged together and forming a handle portion, a shank disposed downward from each. of the said sides and crossing and contacting with each other, and having curved and pointed extremities adapted to be inserted in the opposite side portions of a cork with the points deflected towards the lower central ortion thereof.

Signed at ridgeport in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut this 14th day of March A. D. 1908.

CHAUNCEY M. KING.

Witnesses:

C. M. NEWMAN, RUTH RAYMOND. 

